Dinesh Desai, Project Manager

Dinesh Desai

Project Manager

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computers And Information Science
Experience
10 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 4 Months

Project Manager
  • United Arab Emirates
  • March 2019 to October 2019

IT Cloud Projects to release Cloud Service Products & onboard the clients.
•Manage stakeholders, Senior IT Leadership and Supplier relationships.
•Define the PMO Governance as well as Project Boards.
•Ensure appropriate governance structures are followed, risks and issues reported and escalated where appropriate.
•Manage transformation projects from legacy technology platforms to a new SaaS delivery model.
•Manage Emircom & Huawei team to establish Data Centers & Cloud services.
•Helped G42 Listed on Top500 priority list.

Digital Project Manager
Tech Mahindra - Majid Al Futtaim. - Contract Role (6 Months

PMO
  • United Arab Emirates
  • September 2018 to February 2019

multiple Agile projects related to Digital transformation, Data Analytics, Customer experience, RPA & Technology rollout (Chat bot/ one drive/ Office 365) for MAF End users.
•Responsible for Project Scope, Project plan, Resource management / Communication Plan/ Change Management/

Program Manager at IXF Technologies
  • United Arab Emirates
  • September 2016 to August 2018

Project implementation at multiple clients for Digital transformation, Customer experience, AI & VR based Projects.
•Accountable for providing leadership, identify and resolve conflicts in the delivery of solutions and drive strategic relationships to deliver the Successful projects.
•Manages ongoing work through governance structure, create high-level Project plans that provide guidance to highly complex Projects.
•Facilitate project prioritization, Perform risk assessments, tracking & communication.
•Motivate and supervise Project team members/ Vendors and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
•Contribute towards the continuous improvement of project management practices and the project management methodology

Project Manager at ENBD Bank
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2015 to August 2016

all aspects of assigned Banking projects (Project Plan/ development/UAT/SIT/Implementation) throughout project lifecycles to ensure completion within the defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints. 

•Manage Project resources & allocate the Project task to resources for the timely completion.
•Create Work breakdown structure, Define Project millstones & Critical path analysis to ensure Project activities are completed as per defined Project timeframe. 

•Work closely with business heads & Client to identify roadblocks, develop solutions & escalate issues in a timely manner to complete project milestones. Work along with PMO & Present Project Status in Steering Committee. Meetings. 

•Plan, Monitor & control the projects. Apply standard practices & project management methodologies. Perform periodic project reviews. 

•Change Management - Managing & Implementing System changes through CAB by analyzing impacts on other Services. 


Project Consultant at Dubai Islamic Bank
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2015 to June 2015

technical and administrative controls to ensure project is executed within approved cost, schedule and technical scope. 

•Identify the Project Risk, Issues & prepare the Mitigation Plan to remove or reduce the impact of the Risk on the Project. 

•Upload & update all the project documents i.e. Project plan, Project risk, Project issues on the EPM (Enterprise project 
management tool) & keep all the stakeholders informed about the status of the project.

•Develop & manage Project schedule through out the life of the project, review schedules based on Business priorities to 
meet Project objectives as per Business needs. 

•Maintain project and process knowledge bank to support best practice identification and implementation. 

•Oversees the completion of post project reviews and closure in conjunction with project teams. 


Program Manager 
 at Aditya Birla Minacs 

  • United Arab Emirates
  • June 2012 to November 2014

& lead projects from conception, generate business case, Identify stakeholders/sponsors & formation of project teams in deploying ICT Infrastructure solutions. 

•Prepare & validate project charters, provide financial estimation & budgetary spend for the projects. 

•Perform Risk assessment & prepare risk assessment document. Prepare mitigation Plan/Contingency plan & obtain Risk 
approvals from senior management. 

•Interact & communicate with Internal team, external parties & project team to ensure time bound delivery. 

•Build & manage the relationship with key stakeholders, suppliers & vendors, Interact & communicate with senior 
management & stakeholders in resolving issues & developing a strategy. 

•Responsible for Process improvements & Trend Analysis. 


Project Delivery Manager at Amadeus 

  • India - Mumbai
  • May 2009 to May 2012

India 

•Design the strategy for Technical department & implement the changes based on regional technical requirements. 

•Conduct analysis to evaluate Capacity and availability planning to improve performance. 

•Provide directives to the project team & evaluate the overall project performance for the quality delivery. 

•Oversee all the IT operational activities of IT Infrastructure, including implementation & configuration of IT Systems. 


Education

Bachelor's degree, Computers And Information Science
  • at Mumbai University
  • April 2000

Specialties & Skills

Program Management
IT Project Management
IT Infrastructure Management
IT Operations
Team Leadership
MANAGEMENT
DELIVERY
QUALITY
STRATEGIC
ADMINISTRATION
BANKING
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
MEETING FACILITATION

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

PRINCE2 (Certificate)